Alexei Fridman

Alexey Maksimovich Fridman (17 February 1940 – 29 October 2010) was a Soviet physicist specializing in astrophysics, physics of gravitating systems and plasma physics. He discovered new types of instabilities in gravitating media, created the theory of planetary rings and predicted the existence of small Uranus satellites that were later discovered. He also developed the hydrodynamic theory of spiral structure in galaxies. Fridman worked at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, INASAN, and was professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and at Moscow State University.

This article is about the Russian astrophysicist. For the Russian cosmologist, see Alexander Friedmann.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Maksimovich and the family name is Fridman.
Alexey Fridman
Алексей Фридман
Born(1940-02-17)17 February 1940
Moscow, USSR
Died29 October 2010(2010-10-29) (aged 70)
Jerusalem, Israel
CitizenshipUSSR, Russia, Israel
EducationSc.D., Physics and Mathematics (1972)
Alma materNovosibirsk State University
Known forAstrophysics, physics of gravitating systems, plasma physics
AwardsUSSR State Prize (1989), State Prize of the Russian Federation (2003, 2008)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics, physics
InstitutionsMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology, MSU, Institute of Astronomy RAS
Doctoral advisorRoald Sagdeev
Websitehttp://fpfe.mipt.ru/bazekafedras/ptf/ptf.html
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